“Women should not complain that they have to stand in
street-cars and other public conveyances,” said an old
gentleman. “Children learn common politeness at home, if they
learn it at all.
“On the car that I just left was a handsomely drest woman and
her son, a fine-looking boy of ten. The car was crowded when
I got on and the little man and his mother sat near the door.
As soon as I entered the boy made a motion to get up, but his
mother held him down.
“‘Mama, the man is lame,’ I heard him whisper. ‘I don’t care
if he is; you have paid for your seat and have a right to it,’
she answered him pettishly. The little fellow blushed at his
mother’s remark.
“Now, that woman will probably read the riot act to the next man
who refrains from giving her a seat in a crowded car, but what
can she expect when she teaches her own son to be discourteous
to the lame and the halt?” (Text.)
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=Politics=--See INTERESTS, SIGNIFICANT.
=Politics a Duty=--See BALLOT A DUTY.